keep going
phrasal verb
kept going; keeping going; keeps going
1
: to continue moving forward
He walked right past me and just kept going.
2
: to continue doing something
I was ready to give up on the search, but they convinced me to keep going.
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Photograph: The Bold Bureau/Getty Images This week started off with a bang and just kept going.
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Andrew Couts, WIRED, 25 Jan. 2025
The ball kept going long (illustrated below) and kept coming back.
—Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Their December overview of estimates from Fed officials showed a concern that inflation will start to turn up again and not continue down on the trend that ended when price increases turned up in September 2024 and kept going.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Trump’s followers also found a way to keep going after their movement seemed to be derailed in 2021.
—John Blake, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
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Andrew Couts, WIRED, 25 Jan. 2025
The ball kept going long (illustrated below) and kept coming back.
—Oliver Kay, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Their December overview of estimates from Fed officials showed a concern that inflation will start to turn up again and not continue down on the trend that ended when price increases turned up in September 2024 and kept going.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Trump’s followers also found a way to keep going after their movement seemed to be derailed in 2021.
—John Blake, CNN, 19 Jan. 2025
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“Keep going.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/keep%20going. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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